被贬为朗州司马。朗州地处西南边疆,那里偏僻,民风僻陋。风俗习惯不同于内地,没有可以交谈的人。刘禹锡在朗州呆了十年,只有通过写文章吟咏诗歌来陶冶性情。这里的习俗比较喜欢搞巫祝活动,每当举行这些活动时,都要唱歌。刘禹锡有时也依照前人的作品,创作新的歌词。所以武陵溪洞一带的民歌,大多是刘禹锡作词的。
State department horse again lang. In the southwest, and yi to wind PiLou, lifting up his eyes, and if there's vulgar. YuXi in ten years, but lang states in the article, edify sentiment of the poetry. Pretty common good wu, each ancestral temple, will be encouraged her song of slang. YuXi or engaged in meantime, is in life for the new work, to teach WuZhu phrase. So the wuling creek between yi song, rate hole more than words YuXi also.